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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ogden, Wadlington & Co. v. Powell 7 Ala. 243 1845 0 Alabama
Haynes v. Crutchfield 7 Ala. 189 1844 0 Alabama
Stover v. Herrington 7 Ala. 142 1844 0 Alabama
Pleasants' Appeal 77 Pa. 356 1875 0 Civil Pennsylvania
Murphy v. Ray 73 N.C. 588 1875 0 North Carolina
Wood v. Cherry 73 N.C. 110 1875 0 North Carolina
Barlow v. Norfleet 72 N.C. 535 1875 0 North Carolina
Russ v. Jones 72 N.C. 52 1875 0 North Carolina
Love v. Johnston 72 N.C. 415 1875 0 North Carolina
Cobb v. Henderson 72 N.C. 374 1875 0 North Carolina
Bynum v. Hill 71 N.C. 319 1874 0 North Carolina
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Civil Massachusetts
Jones v. Woods 70 N.C. 447 1874 0 North Carolina
State v. Whitfield 70 N.C. 356 1874 0 North Carolina
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Town of Burlington v. Fosby 6 Vt. 83 1834 0 Civil SC of Vermont
Selden v. King 6 Va. 72 1799 0 SC of Appeals VA
Morris v. Owen 6 Va. 520 1801 0 SC of Appeals VA
Drummond v. Sneed 6 Va. 491 1800 0 SC of Appeals VA
Wallace v. Taliaferro 6 Va. 447 1800 0 SC of Appeals VA